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With the surrender of the United States Army on Bataan, Philippines on 8 April 1942, the remaining air echelon of the 24th Pursuit Group withdrew to Mindanao Island and began operating from Del Monte Airfield with whatever aircraft were remaining. The last of the group's aircraft were captured or destroyed by enemy forces on or about 1 May 1942.
Air surveillance radar: 1 mobile radar system delivered free under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 1 Project. [23] Mitsubishi Electric J/FPS-3ME Japan: Air surveillance radar: 3 fixed radar systems to be delivered under the Air Surveillance Radar Phase 2 Project. [25] [26] [27] The first unit was fully delivered in October 2023. [28]
An advance echelon of Company B departed Del Carmen Field for Orani, Bataan, on 20 December 1941, and the rear guard evacuated the field on 25 or 26 December. The 24th left shortly thereafter. [ 3 ] After its occupation, it was used by Japanese aircraft as a satellite field for the Clark area.
Re-equipped with Douglas A-24 Dauntless dive bombers, then in late 1941, ordered to Philippine Air Force in response to the growing crisis in the Pacific. Ground echelon arrived in Philippines in late November 1941, however outbreak of World War II in the Pacific caused A-24 aircraft to be diverted to Australia.
Iba Airfield is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942) , it was struck in an air raid at same time as the attack on Clark Field on 8 December 1941.
The air echelon squadrons of the 7th were en route to the Philippines and arrived in Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941. They consisted of 9th, 463rd, 492nd, and 493d Heavy Bombardment Squadrons. The air echelon was diverted back to the US and then routed to Java through Australia.
The air echelon of the squadron was evacuated to Batchelor Field, Australia on 24 December 1941, while the ground echelon stayed to fight at Clark Field, as infantry in the Philippines as part of the Battle of the Philippines under the command of 5th Interceptor Command.
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fixed-wing Aircraft BN-2 Islander: United Kingdom: SAR: BN-2A 2 Cessna 208 Caravan: United States: SAR: 208EX 1 [14] 1 on order. [14] Helicopters MBB Bo 105: Germany: SAR: Bo 105C 1 1 of 2 grounded. [15] Airbus H145: Germany SAR: H145 2 [16] [17]